Go to our Databases A-Z page to see the full list of databases offered through Cressman Library.
Use our Introduction to Databases LibGuide to learn more about starting your research and database search strategies.
Related Guides
- CQ Researcher This link opens in a new windowProvides overviews of current newsworthy social issues. Also, comprehensive reporting and analysis on issues in the news--American government, politics, history, public policy, and current affairs Browse by date back to 1923 or with the Issue Tracker. Follow Pro/Con and Hot Topics like health, social movements, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, the economy, human rights, war and conflict.
- HeinOnline Social Justice This link opens in a new windowAccess to databases from HeinOnline's Social Justice Suite, free to HeinOnline Core subscribers and any interested organizations. Civil Rights and Social Justice, Open Society Justice Initiative, Gun Regulation and Legislation in America, Slavery in America and the World: History, Culture & Law, LGBTQ+ Rights.
- ProQuest U.S. Major Dailies This link opens in a new window
- Social Sciences Full Text This link opens in a new windowAccess to a wide assortment of the most important English-language journals published in the social sciences. This resource provides detailed indexing for over 625 periodicals dating back as far as 1983—nearly 400 of which are peer-reviewed.
- Oxford Reference This link opens in a new windowEbooks from Oxford University Press’s award-winning Encyclopedias, Dictionaries and Companions in a wide range of subjects.
- SAGE Knowledge This link opens in a new windowAccess to over 6,000 ebooks - encyclopedias, handbooks and more. Business & Management. Counseling & Psychotherapy. Criminology. Education. Geography. Health & Social Care. Media & Communication. Politics. Psychology. Sociology.
Business and Market Research
- Business Abstracts with Full Text, Business Periodicals Index Retrospective This link opens in a new windowThe database covers a full range of business-related topics including finance, management, international business, human resources and marketing.
- Mergent Intellect This link opens in a new window
"Fundamental business data—the who, what, why, when and how of individual companies—provides critical entry points for academic and small business researchers." With access to First Research. Enter your Cedar Crest email address when prompted. Or go to First Research HERE Follow the continue buttons, then the submit button.
- RKMA (Richard K. Miller & Associates) This link opens in a new windowMarketing and the consumer marketplace handbooks.
Featuring Consumer Behavior: Pandemic & Post-Pandemic - Nexis Uni This link opens in a new windowNexis Uni replaced Lexis Nexis Academic. It features more than 15,000 news, business and legal sources, including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to the 1790s.
Political Economy
- Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)An agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce, "BEA is one of the world's leading statistical agencies."
"BEA produces economic accounts statistics that enable government and business decision-makers, researchers, and the American public to follow and understand the performance of the nation's economy. To do this, BEA collects source data, conducts research and analysis, develops and implements estimation methodologies, and disseminates statistics to the public."
- CQ Researcher This link opens in a new windowProvides overviews of current newsworthy social issues. Also, comprehensive reporting and analysis on issues in the news--American government, politics, history, public policy, and current affairs Browse by date back to 1923 or with the Issue Tracker. Follow Pro/Con and Hot Topics like health, social movements, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, the economy, human rights, war and conflict.
Global Politics
- Our World in Data This link opens in a new windowOur World in Data’s mission is to publish the “research and data to make progress against the world’s largest problems." There are several other data and dataset sites listed on our Data & Datasets Research Guide.
United States
- ODSOfficial Documents of the United Nations
Data and Statistics
- Our World in Data This link opens in a new windowOur World in Data’s mission is to publish the “research and data to make progress against the world’s largest problems." There are several other data and dataset sites listed on our Data & Datasets Research Guide.
News
- NewsBank This link opens in a new windowWorld News, Regional News, Local News, Special Reports, Hot Topics, Daily Headlines & Lesson Plans
American History
- American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection This link opens in a new windowSeries 1 - 5, covering 1691 to 1877. The AAS digital collection with more than 6,500 historical periodical titles documents the life in America from the Colonial Era through the Civil War and Reconstruction. A broad range of topics are covered, including science, medicine, agriculture, entertainment, religion, history, women's fashion, literature, and politics.
- Documenting the American South (DocSouth)Documenting the American South (DocSouth), a digital publishing initiative sponsored by the University Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, provides access to digitized primary materials that offer Southern perspectives on American history and culture. It supplies teachers, students, and researchers at every educational level with a wide array of titles they can use for reference, studying, teaching, and research.
- Founders OnlineA collaborative project between the National Archives and Records Administration and various university presses, Founders Online provides text-searchable transcriptions of over 185,000 documents. Most of these records come from the papers of America’s leading early statesmen, including George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison. Each document is annotated to provide the reader with historical context, as well as further reading suggestions.
World History
- European Views of the Americas: 1493-1750Primary source documents from Europe about or relating to the United States
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowJSTOR is a digital library of academic journals, books, and primary sources. The library has subscription access directly at JSTOR to a few journal titles. Some of the links will also redirect to Project Muse. Search EBSCOhost MLA International Bibliography, too, for Cressman Library access to certain other JSTOR journals. Beyond that, independent researchers are able to register for a free JSTOR account, because most--but, not all--articles are available to Read Online with a personal account. Up to 6 articles per month. Personal JSTOR accounts are available for independent researchers, or individuals who are not affiliated with a school, organization, or library.
- Slavery in America and the World: History, Culture & Law This link opens in a new windowFree database from HeinOnline.
NOTE: The database is free, but not all content is. Scholarly (Law Journal Library) journal articles are not available to us via this interface. Go to Google Scholar with any journal article citations that you may be interested in reading to check for availability there.
- Gun Regulation and Legislation in America This link opens in a new windowFree database from HeinOnline.
NOTE: The database is free, but not all content is. Scholarly (Law Journal Library) journal articles are not available to us via this interface. Go to Google Scholar with any journal article citations that you may be interested in reading to check for availability there. - HeinOnline Social Justice This link opens in a new windowAccess to databases from HeinOnline's Social Justice Suite, free to HeinOnline Core subscribers and any interested organizations. Civil Rights and Social Justice, Open Society Justice Initiative, Gun Regulation and Legislation in America, Slavery in America and the World: History, Culture & Law, LGBTQ+ Rights.
- Nexis Uni This link opens in a new windowNexis Uni replaced Lexis Nexis Academic. It features more than 15,000 news, business and legal sources, including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to the 1790s.
- Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy This link opens in a new windowThe Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy organizes scholars from around the world in philosophy and related disciplines to create and maintain an up-to-date reference work. (Open Access).
- New York Times (registration) This link opens in a new windowIf you are registering from off campus, enter your campus network login on the EZproxy login screen.
Your EZproxy login is the same as your Campus Network login (FalconNet); also, your Canvas login and your Email login--without the @cedarcrest.edu. It is NOT your My CedarCrest login.
Once your registration is complete, go directly to nytimes.com from any web-enabled device (or download the app) and use your unique NYT login. You will not need to go through EZproxy again (except once annually to renew). - NewsBank This link opens in a new windowWorld News, Regional News, Local News, Special Reports, Hot Topics, Daily Headlines & Lesson Plans
Historical Newspapers
- American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection This link opens in a new windowSeries 1 - 5, covering 1691 to 1877. The AAS digital collection with more than 6,500 historical periodical titles documents the life in America from the Colonial Era through the Civil War and Reconstruction. A broad range of topics are covered, including science, medicine, agriculture, entertainment, religion, history, women's fashion, literature, and politics.
- Independent Voices This link opens in a new windowIndependent Voices is an open access digital collection of alternative press newspapers, magazines and journals, drawn from the special collections of participating libraries.
International News
United States
- Black Life in America This link opens in a new windowThe experience and impact of African Americans as recorded by the news media, 1704 to today.
- Hispanic Life in America This link opens in a new windowThe experience and impact of Latinx & Hispanic Americans as recorded by the news media.
- ProQuest U.S. Major Dailies This link opens in a new window
American Government
- HeinOnline Social Justice This link opens in a new windowAccess to databases from HeinOnline's Social Justice Suite, free to HeinOnline Core subscribers and any interested organizations. Civil Rights and Social Justice, Open Society Justice Initiative, Gun Regulation and Legislation in America, Slavery in America and the World: History, Culture & Law, LGBTQ+ Rights.
Global Studies
Policy Research Organizations
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowJSTOR is a digital library of academic journals, books, and primary sources. The library has subscription access directly at JSTOR to a few journal titles. Some of the links will also redirect to Project Muse. Search EBSCOhost MLA International Bibliography, too, for Cressman Library access to certain other JSTOR journals. Beyond that, independent researchers are able to register for a free JSTOR account, because most--but, not all--articles are available to Read Online with a personal account. Up to 6 articles per month. Personal JSTOR accounts are available for independent researchers, or individuals who are not affiliated with a school, organization, or library.
- SAGE Journals This link opens in a new windowOver 600 peer reviewed journals. Social Sciences and extensive scientific, technical and medical (STM) coverage.
- Social Sciences Full Text This link opens in a new windowAccess to a wide assortment of the most important English-language journals published in the social sciences. This resource provides detailed indexing for over 625 periodicals dating back as far as 1983—nearly 400 of which are peer-reviewed.
Data and Statistics
- Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)An agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce, "BEA is one of the world's leading statistical agencies."
"BEA produces economic accounts statistics that enable government and business decision-makers, researchers, and the American public to follow and understand the performance of the nation's economy. To do this, BEA collects source data, conducts research and analysis, develops and implements estimation methodologies, and disseminates statistics to the public."